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SUMMER FUN 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Free Summer Activities NY & NJ Page New York Concerts & Theatre 1-6 Summary of all activities – a “must” Kid & Family Fun (New York) 7-12 Movies (New York) 13 Jazzmobile (NY All Boroughs) 14-15 Harlem Meer Concerts 16 New Jersey Concerts & Theatre 17- 23 Summary of all activities – a “must” Kids & Family Fun (NJ) 24-26 Movies (NJ) 27-28 Southern NJ 29 EAP NEWSLETTERS • Communication 30-31 • Time Management 32-33 • Winning over Stress 34-35 New York FREE SUMMER ACTIVITIES New York City offers a host of fun activities City Parks Concerts………………212-360-8290 during the summer months – and much of it is Concerts in all boroughs, June – Aug FREE. Metropolitan EAP compiled the following www.cityparksfoundation.org list of activities and programs that will hopefully help make for an enjoyable summer. All activities Metropolitan Opera………………………..7PM are free unless otherwise noted. July 20: Brooklyn Bridge Park July 22: Tappen Park, Staten Island Special Events Hotline…………….212-360-8290 July 27: Queens Bridge Park, Queens July 29: Jackie Robinson Park New York Philharmonic….8:00 PM- 212-875-5709 Central Park (Great Lawn, 86th Street) Harlem Meer Festival Concerts…...212-860-1370 • July 13 ● July 14 Central Park (Charles A. Dana Discovery Center) Cunningham Park, Queens 110th Street & 5th Avenue – Jazz, Blues, Salsa, Gospel • July 15 Sundays June 20 – Sept 5, from 2-4PM Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 9th St & PPW July 16 Central Park Brass………………..646-201-5242 www.cpbrass.org for schedule Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital……..7PM July 12: Central Park Summer Stage Basket & Blanket Concert Series…………6PM Central Park at Rumsey Field, 5th Ave & 72nd Street. Morningside Park (114th & Morningside Ave) 212-865-3778 Saturday Evenings, July -Aug – R&B, Jazz July 15: Crotona Park, Charlotte St/Crotona Park East Bronx Highbridge Park, Amsterdam & 155th Street..7PM July 20: Brooklyn Bridge Park Aug 3: Elvis Martizez July 22: Tappen Park, Staten Island Aug 10: Bachata Heights July 27: Queensbridge Park Aug 17: Daniel Moncion July 29: Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan Marcus Garvey Park, Madison &120th St Metropolitan Opera HD Festival 212-362-6000 Aug 5: Gil Scott-Heron (hip-hop) – 7PM Screening of 10 productions –Lincoln Center Plaza Aug 6 & 7: Dance, Theatre, Song -8PM Aug 28: Tosca, 8PM Aug 28: Jazz Pianist – 3PM Aug 29: The Magic Flute, 8PM Aug 30: Der Rosenkavalier, 7:15PM Jackie Robinson Park………………….7PM Bradhurst, 145th-155th Streets Aug 31: Doctor Atomic, 7:45PM Aug 11: Hip Hop, Sept 1: Les Contes d’ Hoffman, 7:45PM Aug 18: Gospel Rapper Tye Tribbett Sept 2: La Boheme, 8PM Sept 3: Hansel & Gretel, 8PM Charlie Parker Jazz Festival – 3-7PM Sept 4: Turandot, 8PM Aug 28: Marcus Garvey Park Sept 5: Aida, 8PM Aug 29: Tompkins Square Park (Ave A & E. 7th) Sept 6: Carmen, 7:45PM Jazz on the Great Hill…………...212-310-6600 Carnegie Hall Concerts……. www.carnegiehall.org W. 103rd St-107th & CPW Free Concerts in all boroughs June-July July 10: 10AM- 5PM JazzMobile ……………..……www.jazzmobile.org Boomerang Theatre Shakespeare Grants Tomb (122nd St) and other locations 69th Street & CPW July & August Fridays at 6:30PM & Sat –Sun at 2PM • June 19-July 18: The Tempest Naumburg Orchestral Concerts…718-340-3018 CentralPark Bandshell, 72nd Street…………….7:30PM Riverside Park Shakespeare…………..6:30PM Tuesdays, June 22, July 6, July 20, Aug 3 North Patio of Soldiers’ & Sailors Monument, W. 89th Street & Riverside Park) Thursday – Sunday Lincoln Center Out of Doors….….212-LINCOLN • June 3 – 27: The Trojan Woman Damrosch Park Bandshell at 66th & Broadway • July 8 – Aug 1: Cyrano www.lincolncenter.org • Aug 5-29: Romeo & Juliet July 28: String Quartet – 7:30PM Aug 4: Jazz & Hip-Hop – 7PM Riverside Park Learn to Dance …..212-408-0219 Aug 6: Pop Music – 7:30PM th Aug 7: Balkan Beat Box – 7PM Pier 1 at 70 Street………………….6-9PM Aug 13: Kronos Quartet – 7:30PM Salsa, Swing, Hustle lessons by the pros Aug 14: Salsa – 7:30PM • Sundays in June SummerStage (Central Park at Rumsey Field, 5th Ave & 72nd GlobeSonic Dance Party……….…212-408-0219 Street). Tickets distributed on first come basis, 90 minutes Riverside Park South, 70th Street, Pier 1…..7-11PM before performances on weekends and 60 minutes before on • Saturday, June 19, 4-11PM weekdays. www.summerstage.org June 5 – Aug 22, partial listing Today Show Concert Series June 26: Worldmusic – 3PM Rockefeller Plaza @49th St &5th/6th Ave…… June 27: Gil Scott-Heron (hip-hop) – 3PM 7-10AM July 7: Latin music – 7PM June 18: James Taylor & Carole King Aug 1: Indie rock – 3PM June 25: Maxwell Aug 22: British Ska – 3PM July 2: Maroon 5 July 9: Lady Gaga Inwood Shakespeare Festival 7:30PM..917-918-0394 July 16: Enrique Iglesias Inwood Hill Park Pennisula, 218th Street & Indian Road July 23: John Mayer Wednesday – Saturdays July 30: Carrie Underwood Aug 6: Train June 2-June 19: The Comedy of Errors Aug 13: Kesha July 14-July 31: Tombstone, Saga of Americas, Aug 20: Keith Urban The West Aug 27: Katy Perry Shakespeare on the Run…7PM…..212-252-4531 rd CENTRAL PARK, W. 103 & CPW inside the Park Good Morning America Concert Series, Thursday – Sunday at 7PM 7-9AM, Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, 5th Ave & 72nd St Richard III: June 3-27 June 25: Alicia Keys Much Ado About Nothing: Aug 5-29 July 2: Mary J. Blige July 9: TBA CASTLE CLINTON………..7PM….212-252-4531 July 16: The GO-GO’s Much Ado About Nothing July23: Sheryl Crow July 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, Aug 1 July 30: Black Eyed Peas Aug 6: TBA Shakespeare in the Park 212-539-8500 Aug 13: Johan Brothers/Demi Lovato DELACORTE THEATRE, CPW and 81st Street at 8PM, Aug 20: Rihanna Free tickets available (maximum two per person), after 1PM Aug 27: Lady Antebellum on the day of the performance at the Delacorte Theatre. Tuesday through Sunday June 9-Aug 1 Music Under the Stars at Waterside Plaza (rotating performances) FDR & 26th Street • The Winter’s Tale Wednesdays, July 7 – 28 at 7PM • The Merchant of Venice Broadway in Bryant Park………212-768-4242 Riverside Park South Acoustic Sundays Songs from Broadway shows 70th Street Pier Plaza …7PM……….212-408-0219 Thursdays in July & August, 12:30-1:30PM Sundays, July 11 – Aug 15 Bryant Park After Work Concerts Moon Dance - Tango, Swing, Salsa Fountain Terrace, 6-7PM Hudson River Park - West Side Highway/13th Street - Pier 54 Monday June 7, 21, 28 Free dance lessons at 6:30 & live bands at 7PM July 11: Los Hermanos Colon (Salsa) Piano in the Park …………….……12:30-2:30 July 25: Hector Delcurto’s Orchestra (Tango) Fountain Terrace Bryant Park, 42nd St, 5th & 6th Ave Aug 8: George Gee Swing Orchestra • Monday – Friday, June 1 – Oct 15 Music in Abe Lebewohl Park…….212-777-3240 th nd Madison Square Park Concerts 10 Street & 2 Ave in front of St. Mary’s Church Oval Lawn, 23rd St between 5th Madison Ave Thursdays, June 4 – July 23 at 12:30 June 16: Ruthie Foster – 7PM June 23: Solas – 7PM Stuyvesant Town Concerts………………7PM th June 30: Mose Allison – 7PM The Oval, 19 St & First Ave July 7: Alecia Nugent Farewell Drifters - 6PM Wednesdays, June 10-July 15 July 14: David Bromberg Quartet – 7PM th July 21: John Ellis & Double Wide -6PM East River Park, FDR & E 12 Street) July 28: The Wailin’ Jennys – 7PM Aug 4: Hip-Hop & Latin Music, 7PM Aug 13: Paul Taylor Dance, 7PM Aug 4: James Carter Organ Trio – 7PM Aug 14: Contemporary Ballet, 7PM Aug 19: Latin Music, 7PM Rumble on the River – amateur boxing Aug 20: Theatre – Goodbar, 8PM West Side Highway – Hudson River Park, Pier 84 at th W. 44 Street ● Aug 5 at 7PM Washington Square Music Festival …8:30PM St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 371 6th Ave/Washington Place Hudson River Rocks Concerts….212-533-PARK July 6, 13, 20, 27 ● 212-252-3621 Hudson River Park, West Side Highway/13th St - Pier 54, 7PM July 8: Phosphorescent + Dawes South Street Seaport Concerts….212-SEAPORT July 22: The Antlers with Dinosaur Feathers Fulton & South Street, Pier 17…………………….6PM Aug 12: Deerhunter with Real Estate June 26: The Apples in Stereo July 2: Yellow Fever/Woven Bones Clinton Concert Series - Mondays th July 9: Psychedelic Pop Pier 84 at W 44 Street – 6PM July 23: Classic Rock June 28: NY City Slickers July 30: Avi Buffalo/Chad Vangaan July 12: Cocomama Aug 6: Electropop “Yacht July 26: Cumbiagra Aug 9: Old Silver Band Sunset on the Hudson – Folk Guitar Battery Park City Hudson River Park - West Side Highway - Pier 45 River to River Festival…..........…212-528-2733 Fridays, June 4 – Aug 20 at 7-9PM Wagner Park, West Street & First Place July 21: 12:30 & 7PM Blues & BBQ Festival July 28: 12:30 & 7PM Hudson River Park - West Side Highway/13th Street - Pier 54 Aug 4, 5, 11 concerts at 7PM • Sunday, Aug 22, 2-9PM Harmony on the Hudson…………..……..1-6PM Stars of Tomorrow (Jazz & Classical) – 6:30PM Wagner Park……………………. Sunday, Sept 19 Hudson River Park - West Side Highway - Pier 45 (Christopher) Tom Chapin & Friends – traditional folk June 22: Classical Woodwinds Trio Harlem Renaissance Orchestra (Big Band) June 29: Darrel Smith Quartet Brady Rymer & Little Band That Could July 6: Classical Brass Trio Bash the Trash, & double dutch divas July 13: Sarah Elizabeth Charles Quintet July 20: Classical Woodwinds Trio Sunset Singing Circle – Folksinging July 27: Alon Abagli Quartet Wagner Park Aug 3: Peter Gazarov Quartet Fridays in June, 7-8:30PM Aug 10: Classical Brass Trio Aug 17: Classical Woodwinds Trio Sunset Drumming Circle (join in) Wagner Park Fridays, July 9-Aug 27, 6:30-8:30 River & Blues Festival.